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• Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy Surcharge Thresholds) Bill (No. 2) 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Act 1999

  and

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to increase the Medicare levy surcharge threshold to $75,000 for individuals (with annual indexation) and to $150,000 for families (to be twice the individual rate in future years). Also provides for transitional arrangements so that individuals who obtain private health cover before 1 January 2009 avoid the surcharge for the period 1 July to 31 December 2008. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Temporary Residents' Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

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  Date

  25 Sep 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999

  ,

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: require that the superannuation of a temporary resident becomes unclaimed and payable to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) once the individual has ceased to be a temporary visa holder, has departed Australia and has not claimed their superannuation within six months; and provide that departed temporary visa holders may recover their superannuation benefits, subject to withholding tax, from the ATO. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Political Contributions and Gifts) Bill 2010

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  Date

  27 Aug 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to remove tax deductibility for contributions and gifts to political parties, independent members and independent candidates; and

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

  to make consequential amendments to ensure political parties, independent members and independent candidates continue to access goods and services tax concessions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 4) Bill 2008

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  Date

  26 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: provide private health insurance policy holders with capital gains tax relief when insurers demutualise; limit lineal descendants to children or grandchildren of the test individual or their spouse; and remove the ability for family trusts to make a variation to the test individual specified in a family trust election. Also makes technical amendments to eight other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

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  Date

  26 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  In response to certain recommendations of the Senate Economics References Committee’s report into the effectiveness of the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  in protecting small business, the bill amends section 46 of the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to: address predatory pricing; clarify the role of recoupment in predatory pricing cases; clarify the meaning of ‘take advantage’; confer jurisdiction on the Federal Magistrates Court in matters arising under the section; and amend the competition code similarly. Also amends the

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to: require a Deputy Chairperson of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to have a small business background; remove the price thresholds applicable to unconscionable conduct cases; and clarify the ACCC’s information gathering powers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Election Commitments No. 1) Bill 2008

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  Date

  04 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill amends the:

  Income Tax Act 1986

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to introduce a new withholding tax regime for distributions of managed investment trust income to residents of countries with which Australia has effective exchange of information for tax matters; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to exempt from income tax the Prime Minister’s Literary Award. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 3) Bill 2008

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  Date

  29 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to the tax treatment of shareholder and unitholder rights (to restrospectively apply to rights issued on or after 1 July 2001); and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  in relation to: the restriction on goods and services tax refunds; and time limits for the recovery and refund of indirect tax. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 2008

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  Date

  27 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  to remove the fringe benefits tax (FBT) exemption for food and drink provided as part of a salary sacrifice arrangement;

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to restrict FBT exemptions for certain work-related items;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to the tax treatment of employee share scheme arrangements; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to increase to four years the period over which depreciable in-house software can be written off for tax purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Act 1999

  and

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to increase the Medicare levy and Medicare levy surcharge low income threshold amounts for individuals, families and pensioners below age pension age and increase the phase-in limits as a result of the increased threshold amounts, from the 2007-08 financial year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy Surcharge Thresholds) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Act 1999

  and

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to increase the Medicare levy surcharge threshold to $100,000 for individuals and to $150,000 for families. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum